Rangers Banter Archive January 23 2020

23 Jan 2020 20:15:21
I just heard that 4 people in scotland are being tested for the coronavirus i'm so glad i don't drink that.

23 Jan 2020 20:53:34
Gonaenodaeypthat, that sounds like a statement we would hear a ticbfan. lol.

23 Jan 2020 18:27:00
Great to see the lad mccrorie make a good start for livi last night.
Does anyone know if it's true both hibs and hearts tried to buy him at start of week.

23 Jan 2020 20:56:59
John25. I don't know if there was any truth inthe edinburgh clubs trying to buy him, but i have seen it mentioned anfew times, on sites related to our club.

23 Jan 2020 21:23:53
Cool Paul. Boys a good yin, I remember when spurs tried to sign him when he turned 16.

24 Jan 2020 00:23:01
Heard about hibs mate.

23 Jan 2020 17:28:02
I no it wasn't great last night, but I would take a 1 nil win in every one of our remaining league games, any side would miss alfredo its not just his goal scoring its the way he runs defences ragged, so its onwards and upwards to tynecasle on sunday for another big game.

23 Jan 2020 14:04:46
Ok guys an gals some of us including myself are a bit concerned about our chances this season so here is something to reflect on .

RANGERS MEMORIES

I wish we had a time machine.
Our club would be the best it's been.
We wouldn't let the tax man win.
It was our Davie done the sin.
We paid the price for his demeanour.
While he drove around his brand new beamer.
Oh yes he got us to the top.
But also sent us to the drop.

I'd take us back to start again.
But legal and with decent men.
We'd pay our dues like any other.
And respect our board just like our brother.
We'd win our trophies fair and square.
And be miles in front with points to spare.

We would not need to sell to White.
Would be because we did things right.
We would not even sell to Green.
Our club would be the best we've seen.
We would not suffer all this pain.
Then all we'd do is win again.

Now we're back here in this day.
We have to fight on come what may.
Let Stevie lead us to the end.
Don't let them drive us round the bend.
We can get back up never fear.
I hope and pray it is this year.

23 Jan 2020 14:50:15
Absolutely Brilliant Bluebilly, well written Son, and certainly echo's how I also feel.

23 Jan 2020 15:20:39
even the great bard couldn't have written it any better.

23 Jan 2020 16:22:42
Excellent, sums it up!

23 Jan 2020 17:14:20
Get that framed.

23 Jan 2020 19:34:25
Is it just me that thinks its a bit cringey😂👍.

23 Jan 2020 20:44:43
Maybe it's just my old age kicking in, but I thought we won all our trophies fair and square? What do you mean "we'd win our trophies fair and square" Bluebilly? Think you should have penned that line "we won our trophies fair and square", other than that not a bad attempt.

23 Jan 2020 21:06:22
Op we would not need to sell to green, bless our club, god save the queen.

23 Jan 2020 21:25:44
Boredom leads to electronic games and other assorted bad habits, such as laboured poetry.

23 Jan 2020 13:28:57
So after or loss at home last nite where does the team go from here with out tav and morelos? All seriousness. Tav was missed going forward morelos is missed as twice the player of defoe. But we have won v 2 teams that have parked the bus with out getting caught on the break. Also people banging on about the form they want to see b4 the winter break is pretty funny. As previous to tims game we scraped by killie 1 nil at ibrox and threw away a very comfortable 2 goal lead v aberdeen. Fact of the matter is previous season we havwnt been able to break them down more often that not we used to draw them games or get hit on break and get beat. For me i would play paterson on sunday v hearts. And defoes last game starting before morelos back playing. 1 thing i do look at tho is how weak our bench is even with the size of the squad. Guys like halliday should now be nowhere near even the bench will be astonished if he's aloud to stay into next season.

23 Jan 2020 16:14:27
Why are we relying on a RB to provide attacking threat down the right? Shouldn't we be questioning why our any of our RF is not a providing the attacking threat we need. I thought flanagan did fine last night, he doesn't give us the attacking threat like tav but defensively he was sound and he has to start at hearts. Paul is right about our bench, said the same weeks ago. 👍.

23 Jan 2020 17:51:27
Paul very disrespectful to Defoe, Morelos isn’t twice the player and should maybe aspire to be the type of player Defoe is ie a model professional 37 years of age 3rd top scorer in the league majority of time as a sub agree with a lot of your posts but not that comment.

23 Jan 2020 18:33:40
Just a wer point from your first line Paul. Sfter our loss at home? I was there and I convinced myself that we won?

23 Jan 2020 19:14:16
Herewego Paul’s first sentence sarcasm, reading on here some don’t realise we took three points.

23 Jan 2020 19:36:03
Atleast somebody got it john. all the doom and gloom compared to after the celtic game even tho we won. Also he's maybe not twice the player but is definately better hence why morelos is 1st choice.

23 Jan 2020 21:14:34
Paul86., i recon our bench is poor because of the length of contracts pedro gave to half his friends, were still paying for his and warbotond lengthy contracts to guys that weren't good enough.

24 Jan 2020 01:46:58
RF KLAXON!

23 Jan 2020 11:07:16
wasnt the best game, pretty flat, but a win is a win and this game won't be remembered.
'Parking the bus' is a tactic used by many teams, we have done it before. It can be very effective. The poorer team is always going to sit deep and break up play, turn the crowd against there own support, and hope to get that one chance they manage to put away. As many of us have said, last season and before that would have been a draw or a loss for us. We are finding a way to win ugly games and that's a very very good thing.

23 Jan 2020 12:15:54
Agreed.

23 Jan 2020 15:19:22
You are right, that sort of game was the sort that we slipped up in last season. I just wish that sometimes the midfielders could put a shot in when we are just outside the box, instead of this continual passing game, anything could happen as a result of a shot on target from that distance. Nitpicking I suppose, but it was frustrating to watch last night!

23 Jan 2020 09:51:36
Folks, would you have taken a scintillating performance with us playing them off the park, having hit the woodwork and getting a penalty saved, only to draw?

Three points is all that mattered last night, I'd rather be rusty just now than in a few weeks when we come up against harder opposition.

We know we can perform to a much higher standard and that WILL come.

23 Jan 2020 12:18:14
100% agreed. Also for all the Tav haters, we really missed him last night on the overlap. Flanno a better defender but going forward, missed a spark. If Stewart is injured, Mebude needs to be on the bench. And no sign of Jones last night on the bench unless I missed it.

23 Jan 2020 12:42:48
Couldn't agree more. We can't and won't win every game 4/5/6 nil at a canter.

Jones was on the bench last night.

23 Jan 2020 13:09:46
Ibrox4me Jones was an unused sub.

23 Jan 2020 13:36:10
I’m always perplexed by the criticism Tav gets on here. I’ll be even more perplexed if it continues, especially after witnessing the alternative last night. Tav is a very, very good footballer.

23 Jan 2020 14:45:52
Bruise bear u seem to miss the point re tav, yes he is playing better as a defender but is not the answer long term
I do wonder why there are not a host off bids for him.

No one says tomy reading that Flanagan, Polster or Paterson are better than tav. What I read is we need a right back who is better at defending than all off them .
Tav has many assist, but has sold more goals Flanagan does not deliver on assist, Polster not the standard and only time can tell re the young lad.

23 Jan 2020 16:20:28
Take a scruffy 1-0 win in every game from now until season ends if it meant winning the league.

23 Jan 2020 17:19:45
Ah just missed hearing Jones read out. I would have been tempted to have brought him on after an hour when the game went flat. I’m not a fan of Ojo and will not be disappointed when he goes however he looked sharper last night for his cameo. JJ is ours though and should get game time so we can see what he’s capable of.

23 Jan 2020 17:38:55
John25. Why’s he not the answer? He’s probably or best right back since Gary Stevens. He’s a modern, attacking right back playing in a team that doesn’t do or need a lot of defending.

23 Jan 2020 18:30:56
Bruisebear because in my opinion he is responsible for too many the goals we concede.
It’s all about opinions mate.

23 Jan 2020 21:22:10
John25, i agree, and it always seams in really important games tav seams to make his mistakes, or should i say at very important times, mate.

23 Jan 2020 09:37:07
This place can be incredibly negative at times, reading some of the comments on here you think we'd thrown away the league last night. St Mirren came to park the bus and it can be incredibly difficult to break down (We should know as we did that all the way to Manchester) . Yes we miss Morelos and last night proved that we are a far better team with Tav than without despite the odd defensive mistake.

For all those saying just sign a top quality 3rd striker, what decent striker is going to want to come and sit on the bench/ not get in the team. I'll put the Football Manager/ Fifa aside and trust the judgement of Gerrard thanks.

23 Jan 2020 10:06:44
Top quality permanent striker won’t come in until Morelos sold in summer, but another option in on loan might be a good idea. Defoe done his job last night but offered little else apart from that finish.60 mins or so gone and it would have been nice to have another guy who could have came on and offered something different. There will be guys up for coming in who are maybe not playing at current club that could do us a turn for rest of the season.

23 Jan 2020 11:00:22
we won't buy a top end striker till morelos leaves. Its pretty simple. He goes, first place is up for grabs, we have money then to spend on a top striker.

23 Jan 2020 12:04:07
i’m not suggesting for a min we need to go out and splash cash on a top quality / start every wk / 1st choice fwd

there are plenty players who yes, wld come to ibrox for prestige money trophies career enhancement call it what you want even if just to get on bench

yes we have fredo but i’m not naive enough to think he’ll be here forever and at 36 how many yrs does JD have left

even a loan to give us that extra firepower from bench in tight games or as ins policy in case fredo JD get inj / susp

i like stewart and the lad has a knack of getting goals / assists but to me it’s clear gerrard doesn’t rate him as he hardly ever gets a sniff

i’ve been going to Ibrox 30yrs so it's just my opinion lads but another fwd for me cld just help us over line for 55.

23 Jan 2020 12:23:45
Trev agree totally with your post.

I’d like a right sided forward who can and has played through the middle.
For next season I’d love to see Campbell at rangers.

23 Jan 2020 13:52:23
Trev, although i agree with most of your post, i don't agree with the defoe part, he will still be banging goals in for another 3 or 4 years mate, his signing was a masterstroke by s. g. Imo.

23 Jan 2020 21:26:26
Bairdy90, defoe has always been just a goal scorer, but a very very good one, at that, without him last night we might have dropped pretious points, points that could have been hard to recoup mate.

23 Jan 2020 08:44:46
Does anyone agree with me that looking at our subs shows we have a weak squad and if we where to lose Alf n Tav we would be screwed.

23 Jan 2020 09:23:04
Tav is the biggest miss for me without him we ve no one that can cross from the right first time, Aribo won’t even control the ball with right boot never mind cross with it, good player but not for that position long term, looks better with tav in the team as it gets mixed up a bit and tav will overlap. I was nt in the “we need another striker camp” but I now feel we maybe do as if it’s not working in a game for Defoe then we need another option. I can see why we won’t add one as we will sell in summer and want to use our funds for that replacement. loan striker for me this window. Would like a RF but we re overloaded with players that can play the role to a certain extent so can’t see it.

23 Jan 2020 13:58:28
Couly, tav can't cross the ball from the right first time.

23 Jan 2020 08:34:02
There's too much doom and gloom on here these days. Not along ago we were almost hysterical when we beat that lot at the Piggery. We've beaten Stranraer and St Mirren, that's what counts and have only lost one league game all season. One man, or two, doesn't make a team. Defoe did what he was in the team to do, score goals. What if Morelos had been playing last night and scored the only goal. We'd be praising him again like the Messiah, not a naughty boy (sorry, tribute to the great, late Terry Jones who has passed away) . Celtic were only 2-1 up at Rugby Park last night with 15 minutes to go so they are hardly thrashing teams either. Let's get behind the Bears. There's a tough away game to come on Sunday at Tynecastle. What changes would anyone suggest we make for Sunday's game? We are still in pole position in the league, it is ours to lose.

23 Jan 2020 09:11:54
Paterson in.

23 Jan 2020 09:13:49
Agreed doiger.

23 Jan 2020 09:28:14
I agree a win is a win. I don’t think Gerrard will change much for Sunday apart from maybe rotate Arfield in to start for someone. Possibly after bugging up ojo after the game he might put him in as we have been a little short of creativity last two games. Aribo will get the nod though I reckon, ojo start v Ross county midweek more likely.

23 Jan 2020 09:33:55
Ojo should mb get a run, he showed more in fifteen minutes than others.
I’d definitely keep Flannigan in at tynecastle.

23 Jan 2020 02:28:38
Gerrard delighted with the performance of his defence! Can someone remind him it was St mirren we were up against not Barcelona! And struggling to create chances against them and tiny Stranraer is not impressive and praise for Ohno who has been rubbish the majority of his time here. Really!